Insights from the Cinematic World: judd apatow

Trainwreck

Since she was a little girl, it’s been drilled into Amy’s (Amy Schumer) head by her rapscallion of a father (Colin Quinn) that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo.

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This Is 40

Five years after writer/director Judd Apatow introduced us to Pete and Debbie in Knocked Up, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprise their roles as a husband and wife both approaching a milestone meltdown in This Is 40, an unfiltered, comedic look inside the life of an American family.

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The Five-Year Engagement

The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall join the producer of Bridesmaids for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicolas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow and Rodney Rothamlooks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.

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Zookeeper

Zookeeper is an American comedy film, starring Kevin James and Rosario Dawson and featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Sylvester Stallone, Nick Nolte, Judd Apatow, Jon Favreau, Cher and Faizon Love. The film is produced by Sandler’s production company Happy Madison.

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Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids is an American comedy directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, and Clayton Townsend. Starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Matt Lucas, Jill Clayburgh, Rebel Wilson, Michael Hitchcock

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